The most common argument used in defense of mass surveillance is ‘If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’. Try saying that to women in the US states where abortion has suddenly become illegal. Say it to investigative journalists in authoritarian countries. Saying ‘I have nothing to hide’ means you stop caring about anyone fighting for their freedom. And one day, you might be one of them.
I love Mullvad. You don’t see them in any ads (No “this video is brought to you by Mullvad VPN”) and you can pay them any way you’d like… Including cash!
No port forwarding, though. Some old guides still list them as having that capability, so I try to mention it frequently.
I’ve never used that feature in any of my VPN clients before. What’s the actual usecase for it?
Possibly if one might want to be able to access a service behind the VPN without having a load balancer / reverse proxy?
That’s a turn off for some and I get why they did it
I don’t see why having options are turn-offs except maybe for those who provide said options.
I don’t understand. I mean I see why not having port forwarding would turn someone off from going with Mullvad, but I understand Mullvad’s rationale for doing so.
I understand their decision to stop offering it, too, especially if I were in their position as a service provider. I still like the feature as a consumer.
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It’s the only VPN I’ve seen advertised irl though. I’ve seen it advertised in the metro and on buses, which struck me as odd
I live in a rural area, so I’ve not seen any VPN ads IRL. I wasn’t aware they had real world ads. Thanks for letting me know!
Yeah I thought it was super weird even in the city. VPN just doesn’t seem mainstream enough to plaster on the metro !
That’s crazy lol whereabouts are ya? Midwestern USA on my end. I don’t recall ever seeing an IRL VPN ad.
Metro area on east coast of US